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Athens-Clarke County
Q&As Capture Concerns, Opportunities for Athens Leaders, Community Advocates
Reporting I students set out to learn more about the area and their beats — business and consumer news, city-county government, diversity, local music, sustainability — by conducting research and interviews with leaders, advocates, musicians and students. The nearly 180 students in the course, which consists of journalism and public relations…
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Athens-Clarke County
Q&As Reveal Deeper Stories In and Around Athens
Journalism students in Reporting I found a bit more about the people of Athens through a recent set of Q&As with residents — finding, researching and then interviewing people tied to their areas of beat coverage for the semester. Click the images to read the Q&A for each person. …
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Athens-Clarke County
Getting to Know People Around Athens with Q&As
There’s deep experience and expertise in the Athens area, which can be revealed simply by asking the right questions. Journalism students in Reporting I recently did just that — finding, researching and then interviewing people tied to their areas of beat coverage for the semester. Click the images to read…
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Doing Journalism
ANNOTATED: The Scope of Possibility: How One Rural Georgian Became a Self-Taught Astronomer
ANNOTATION INSTRUCTIONS: When you see a light red highlight, click on the small comment box to the right to read the reporter’s annotation. Astrophysicists are revered as some of the smartest people in the world. But can one be an astrophysicist without any formal education or training? Georgian Howard Sims…
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Northeast Georgia News
The Scope of Possibility: How One Rural Georgian Became a Self-Taught Astronomer
Astrophysicists are revered as some of the smartest people in the world. But can one be an astrophysicist without any formal education or training? Georgian Howard Sims might say so. Sims has built a working observatory in his backyard, complete with two hand-crafted telescopes, without receiving any specialized education. The…
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Education
Alum of Madison County Schools Returns Home, Becomes New Superintendent
He started as a physical education teacher and worked his way all the way up to head of the Madison County School District. Michael Williams, who graduated from Madison County High School, is in his first school year as superintendent. After working in the Banks County School System for 20…
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Uncategorized
Profile: David Hazinski’s Experiences, Advice
Grady Newsource professor David Hazinski retires this semester after 31 years at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Hazinski built Grady Newsource — formerly called University News and Newsource 15–from the ground up starting in 1987, so we wanted to thank him by telling his story. David Hazinski…
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Madison County
Board of Commission Madison Profile
Commissioner-Elect Lee Allen was born and raised in Madison. It is believed that he is the youngest ever Board of Commissioners member elected in Madison County. He is a man who wears many hats: farmer, former professional-golfer, golf coach, husband, father, and now Commissioner-Elect. Allen decided to run for office…
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Northeast Georgia News
Grady Newsource Profiles: Broderick Flanigan
By Joseph Ali
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Northeast Georgia News
Grady Newsource Profiles: Linda Davis
By: Jaron Matthews